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Nature and Travel Writing MA

Bath Spa University

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Newton Park

  • Study mode

    Part time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary

Today’s writing about nature and travel welcomes all of those themes and more, and in this unique and inspiring Nature and Travel writing degree course we will look at the potential of your writing and of these dynamic genres – including where they overlap with memoir, history, culture, science, wellbeing and other genres in today’s marketplace. Over two years of mainly evening sessions, you'll be immersed in the world of great nature and travel writing, with talks from top authors and editors, seminars from our seasoned tutors, creative friendships with your peers and an exploration of both the classics and the cutting edge in our genres.You'll write extended pieces of up to 4,000 words, essays on critical topics, and a final Portfolio of up to 18,000 words. You'll also learn about the commercial aspects of getting published, organising writing trips, establishing an online presence and building a writer’s career.A highlight of the course is our practical approach to becoming a working writer. This includes making actual pitches to real newspapers and magazines, based on an independent field trip which you will make in order to experience writing on the road for real. By the end of the course, you'll be prepared to operate as a professional-quality writer in our genres. By then, many of our students have already appeared in highly respected newspapers, magazines and websites. Our graduates have been widely published, including by Penguin Books, Bloomsbury, Granta, Bradt, National Trust and others. Their prizes have included the Stanfords New Travel Writer of the Year, BBC Countryfile’s New Nature Writer of the Year, the Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers, the Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize, and short/longlists for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and the Richard Jeffries Prize.

Tuition fees

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£ 9,695per year

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University information

Bath Spa University

Bath Spa University

  • University League Table

    92nd

  • Campus address

    Newton Park, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 9BN, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Communication & Media Studies

    34th out of 92 6

  • Entry standards

    / Max 198
    117 59%

    34th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    61.0 61%

    60th

    18

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    42nd

    1

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